Credit : Apollo 17 Crew, NASA

We’ve been taught to look forward to our future. Somehow, we believe, things will be better then. But the future is not available to be lived – we can only live NOW. So what are we doing to live best right now? What are we doing now that will bear fruit when we reach some future now? "Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” -- Roger Babson

Is there something in your life you might be willing to give another try? “Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open newdoors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.” -- Leo Buscaglia

I’ve learned that if I put a smile on my face when I’m feeling down, my spirits will automatically lift. The body knows that a smile means happiness. Knowing this doesn’t mean I’m always willing to do it. Many times, I have absolutely refused to cheer myself up. Isn’t that interesting! It’s a clue that sometimes the ego positively enjoys being miserable. It can been lightening to explore the pay-offs we get from our black moods. "Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something int hem that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there is never any recourse to the mention of it." -- Samuel Johnson

"Eventually, meditation will make our mind calm, clear, and as concentrated as a laser which we can focus at will. This capacity of one-pointed attention is the essence of genius. When we have this mastery over attention in everything we do, we have a genius for life itself: unshakable security, clear judgment, and deep personal relationships." -- Eknath Easwaran

Our entire universe is energy -- vibrating waves of pure potential. The electromagnetic vibrations of our consciousness interact with the energetic potential that exists everywhere as the life force to ‘collapse’ the waves and create matter. So the patterns of our minds create the form of our world. By simply observing a form, we influence it. We in turn are influenced by others. This challenges us to be more aware of the quality of our being and the vibrations we transmit. "There is no reality in the absence of observation." -- The Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics